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General Survey Information and Definitions


NORC at the University of Chicago conducted the Rainin Survey on behalf of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation in Oakland, California. The Kenneth Rainin Foundation wants to fund early care and education programs in low socio economic neighborhoods that will help children succeed. In order to do so, The Foundation needed to find out what programs these neighborhood need and what programs would actually work.

In order to collect this data, NORC conducted 400 interviews across 14 Oakland neighborhoods. The study used an address based sample and households were considered eligible if it had at least one child under the age of six and not yet in kindergarten residing in it. Interviews were 1.5 hours long and respondents received a $50 incentive for participating. The interview consisted of several sections of questions including

  • Child demographic
  • Household demographics
  • Child care arrangement and payments
  • Employment
  • Neighborhood attitudes
  • Household context
  • Household history
  • Healthcare
  • Child development and services received
  • Child vocabulary measures

The following analyses are based on the data collected at both the neighborhood and city level.

Common terms utilized in the reports include:

  • Household: The surveyed household, comprised of all children and adults who live at the designated address
  • Respondent: The parent or guardian of the selected child who completed the interview.
  • Child: If a household had more than two children under the age of 6, children were selected in a manner to obtain even representation of households that had children aged 0-3, 4-5, and households that had children in both age ranges. Data provided in the reports represent only the selected children and do not account for other children under the age of six in the household.


Report Contents


This interactive report provides information about the attitudes, habits, lifestyles, and demographics of Franklin residents. The focus is on the children living in the neighborhood and their primary caretakers. All data represented in this report was collected as part of the Rainin/NORC Oakland Household Interview, and were collected in the spring of 2016.

The five sections of the report are:

Select any section from this list or from the navigation menu above to start browsing the report.


Interpreting the Figures


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Demographics

Row 1 (race, hh size)

a. Race and Ethnicity

50% of Franklin household members identify as White or other*

*Respondents had the ability to select ‘other’ for their racial identity. In this report, additional racial categories are included in ‘other’ when the number of respondents providing that answer was fewer than three across the entire Oakland sample (Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian are the three such categories).

b. Household Size

Row 2 (edu, income)

c. Highest Education Level

d. Household Income

Row 3 (age, hh comp)

e. Ages of Household Members

f. Household Composition


14% of Franklin respondents live with a parent.





72% of Franklin respondents live with their spouse.





14% of Franklin respondents live with their partner (not legally married).



Row 4 (employ, immig, hcare)

g. Employment

More than half of Franklin respondents reported working in the week prior to the interview.

h. Immigration

80% of caregivers

i. Healthcare

40% of children

Row 5 (languages)

j. Languages Spoken

Child Development

Row 1 (speak)

a. Parent Attitudes and Actions

Genetics: Research shows that intelligence is malleable and does not depend on genetics. Parents who agreed with the statement were incorrect in their response.
Learning before Kindergarten: There is a growing research base showing that children’s early learning experiences predict their academic achievement in school. Parents who agreed with the statement were incorrect in their response.
Educational TV: Research shows that children at that age do not learn any words from TV, rather, they build their vocabularies in interaction with their caregivers. Parents who agreed with the statement were incorrect in their response.

Row 2 (reading, tv value boxes)

b. Reading to Children

4.2 days/week

c. TV Time

2.1 hours/day

Row 3 (cc type/hours)

d. Childcare – Type of Childcare

49% of Franklin children receive some ECE* services.

*Early Childhood Care and Education (ECE) is defined as …

e. Childcare – Amount of Childcare

35% of Franklin children receive 20 hours per week or more of ECE.

Row 4 (vocab by cc)

f. Vocabulary by Type of Childcare

Vocabulary and center- vs home-based childcare

Analyses of respondent data across Oakland show that children who receive care in ECE settings outside their own home have significantly greater vocabulary sizes than children who do not receive care outside their own home.

g. Vocabulary by Amount of Childcare

Vocabulary and weekly childcare time

Analyses of respondent data across Oakland show that children who spend 20 hours per week or more in ECE settings have significantly greater vocabulary sizes than children who spend fewer than 20 hours in ECE settings.

Row 5 (vocab by age)

h. Vocabulary by Child Age

Parent Well-Being

Column 1 (stress/control)

a. Stress

Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

Respondents completed a questionnaire indicating how stressed they felt.

b. Perceived Control

Pearlin’s Mastery Scale (Perceived Control)

Respondents completed a questionnaire indicating how much or how little they felt in control of their lives.

Column 2 (aces + fam support)

c. Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences

d. Family Support

72% of respondents have extended family in Oakland.

Technology and Communication

Column 1 (access to technology)

a. Household Devices

Devices in Franklin Households

b. Access to Internet/Phone

Phone/Internet Access in Franklin Households

Column 2 (communication)

c. Communication

83%

c. Communication Methods

Neighborhood Engagement

Row 1 (time in oak/nbh)

a. Extended Family’s Time in Oakland

12% of Franklin respondents’ extended families have lived in Oakland for 5 years or less. (not including those without extended family in Oakland)

b. Time in Current Neighborhood

61% of Franklin respondents have lived in their current neighborhood for 5 years or less.

Row 2 (involvement in nbh institutions)

c. Involvement in Neighborhood Institutions

Row 3 (connectedness to nbh)

d. Connectedness to Neighbors and Neighborhood